Blenny
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common name of various species of extremely numerous small fishes belonging to the families Blenniidae (combtooth blennies) and Nototheniidae (Antarctic blennies).
Tompot Blenny Parablennius gattorugine
With its thick lips, bulging eyes, and a pair of tufted head tentacles, the tompot blenny is a comical-looking fish.
A Bicolor Blenny at North Solitary Island
A Bigbelly Seahorse at Bare Island
A Bigbelly Seahorse at Kurnell
A Bigeye Ocean Perch caught off Kiama
A Bigeye Scad caught off Lord Howe Island
A Bigeye Snapper at Agincourt Reef ...
Emblemaria pandionis, Sailfin Blenny
Emydocephalus annulatus, Turtle-headed Sea Snake
Enchelycore carychroa, Caribbean Chestnut Moray
Enchelycore nigricans, Mulatto Conger
Enchelycore pardalis, Leopard Moray
Engraulis mordax, Californian Anchovy ...
algae blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
Allard's clownfish (Amphiprion allardi)
antenna lion (Pterois antennata)
arabian angel (Pomacanthus asfur)
arc eye hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus)
asian butterfly (Chaetodon argentatus) ...
One saber-toothed blenny, Aspidontus taeniatus, mimics the cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus. The blenny is able to approach and take a nip out of large fish that are accustomed to being cleaned by the nearly identical-looking wrasse.
There's even a fish nicknamed the lawnmower blenny that scrapes away at brown algae film on the rocks. Some butterfly fish do their part by eating pest anemones, which can harm living corals.
Dartfish, Wormfish & Firefish
Bumblebee Goby Care and Breeding
Hardworker: The Convict Blenny ...
Picasso Triggerfish, Pinecone Fish, Pink Skunk Anenome Fish, Plainfin Midshipman, Porcupine Pufferfish, Porkfish, Powderblue Tang, Queensland Grouper, Queen Triggerfish, Quillback Rockfish, Rainbow Basslet, Redfin Needlefish, Red Lipped Blenny, ...
 See also: Coral, Shark, Parrot, Shrimp, Wrasse
  
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